does owning a nice desk make you a more productive individual? i’m starting to feel like i really need a desk.
It’s probably easy to overstate that kind of effect, but when bits of paper would start to mount up on my desk I found myself unable to face dealing with even simple stuff I got in the post. That’s probably evidence of larger personal problems of mine, and even dealing with it on a superficial level probably has more to it than “nice desk now” (I’m planning to get a bunch of ring binders and have a Proper Place for them and Keep Things In Order), but im sure there’s something to be said for nice surroundings putting you in the right state of mind. It’s probably less that nice furniture supercharges you, and more like crappy furniture stresses you and drains your mental energy. At least, that’s how it seems to me.
But I’ve never been productive, so you shouldn’t listen to me.
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It does for me. I am easily distracted, so cleaning up and having everything in its right place both relaxes me and makes it easier for me to stay focused. It’s also important that the desk is stable. If it wobbles, that drives me nuts, and I just fixate on not having it react to my every move, eventually giving in to temptation and focusing on fixing the wobble.
I have a super normal desk - an older model of the Ikea Bekant - and am generally happy with it. For anyone looking for a new desk, make sure it isn’t just a plank of MDF with four legs screwed into it. I’d recommend a desk that has a frame, to prevent wobbling, and to limit the points at which you’d need to adjust it if it becomes unstable.
My life got so much more convenient after getting a cheap no brand HDMI switcher. There used to be other consoles on here, but i moved them to the TV. Monitor is resting on the Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
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SO, originally the plan was for the PC, Switch and PS4 to be all plugged into the same display, so I could toss my really bad TV set up, and not worry about anything. Since then, I’ve parted ways with my PS4 (and the whole one game I played with it), and I’ve decided to keep things small and easy to move, since I do that a lot.
I’m probably going to keep my TV and the Switch/NES Classic set up, mostly because finding an HDMI switch with an Audio Extractor is hard and expensive. So at this point, I’m looking at a) An IKEA ALEX, because I’m in love with that cable management (but I sat at one yesterday and it felt really short? I dunno) or b) some kind of LINMMON combination where I drill a hole and install a basic grommet for cords.
My ideas got a lot more boring lol
Some nice setups here. I really wish I had a desk, and a good chair. And a desktop computer… I always sit at my kitchen table to do my things, and it doesn’t have quite the correct energy. And no possibility to swivel.
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Some of these desks have so many things on them and cables everywhere I’m getting really bad OCD about coming over and tidying them. At least stage the shots please! 
You’re so lucky I didn’t post my actual desk, it’s a hellscape.
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haha I am somewhat tempted to upload an Ikea product shot now. Think it would somewhat defeat the point of the topic if we didn’t show what our desks actually look like, including stacks of pens and a snake’s nest worth of USB cables.
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Shoutout to my dad for making this desk for me. Also shoutout to the cushion I have to put on the floor because my leggies are too short to sit properly otherwise.
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No desk-shaming!
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It gives them character, I think. But yeah, mine is a rat’s nest of cables.
My desk perfectly ecapsulates me. Too many monitors because I can’t focus on less than a few things at once. All gaming available to me (not pictured are the shelves with all unhooked consoles and audio recording stuff). Left over bits and bobs for fixing things in my house. I’ve made an L-shaped desk with 2 desks (same model just different lengths) and improvised shelving with closet orangizers on the second desk.
Because I’m incable of being satisfied with my audio setup I’ve continually upgraded my sound situation, this is my current and hopefully last for awhile (an Allen & Heath QU-16) tucked away under my second desk.
posts kitchen table because toronto condo is so small
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